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Photographer of the Week 01: Talbot

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Our “Photographer of the Week 01” goes to Henry Talbot, as we investigated the early developments of photography this week.

English photographer, inventor and scientist. He was educated at Harrow School and the University of Cambridge and was an outstanding scholar and a formidable mathematician. His scientific interest in nature and natural phenomena, including botany and horticulture, was complemented by studies of Assyriology, etymology and the Classics.

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Homework:
Read Talbot’s Pencil of Nature (PDF) for discussion Tuesday.

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This course is an introduction to the basic principles of black-and white photography. As an art course, in addition to the technical aspects of image making, we will also be concerned with aesthetic and formal qualities of photographs. We will use our critiques to delve into the “reading” of images, looking at concept and content. Along the way we will talk about the history of photography from the Daguerreotype to current technologies.